5Synonyms found for petrified

Word Origin & History

petrify 1594, from M.Fr. pétrifier "to make or become stone," from L. petra "rock" + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771.

Example Sentences for petrified

Petrified wood, from trees that have fossilized to stone, is currently intriguing those interested in interior design.

They're wealthy, they're pretty, they've got some petrified laurels.

And there's millions more silent ones, who are too petrified to come out openly defiant.

Five additional petrified forests have now been found, scientists said.

But the best part was the petrified tree trunk that spanned the entire length of the room.

The holes are all that is left in the petrified ash of the bodies that used to lie there.

Everybody's suddenly petrified about municipal debt.

We were both too petrified to even move the curtains to look out the window.

Interpretive panels along the way explain the science behind the petrified logs.

Corporations who are petrified with terror and rage at the prospect of losing some tiny percentage of their profit disagree.